Everything tastes better wrapped in bacon

Hi everyone

So husband and I are on a trip of discovery with the keto diet. We have found it great for us and we have both lost weight and not felt like we have been starved or deprived.  As with all diets its not for everyone but for us its a lifestyle change. So Im going to start blogging some of the recipes Ive been making and using. This one is a bacon wrapped and stuffed chicken breast. You can put together lots of different stuffing options. This just happened to be what I had in the fridge.

Ingredients

2 chicken breasts filleted down to a single layer
bacon strips 
2 tablespoons of cream cheese at room temperature
a teaspoon of pesto
a few chopped sundried tomatos well drained
a tablespoon of pinenuts

Once you fillet the breast into a single layer put between two sheets of gladwrap and bash flat with a rolling pin or food mallet until its all in a single layer. At that point if the breast is a big one you might want to cut in half to use for two rolled breasts instead of one. 

I then get out my sushi rolling mat and place another layer of glad wrap on top. I then place a layer of bacon strips on the wrap it has to be enough to match the size of the chicken breast you are using. 

Mix the cream cheese and the other ingredients together and place in the middle of the chicken breast. Season. Then roll it all like a sushi roll till nice and tight. Note dont roll the gladwrap into the roll the gladwrap is there for easy cleaning and can be used to hold the roll if you want to place in the fridge till ready to cook. 

Heat the oven to 180 celcius. Heat an oven proof pan if you have one to a medium high temp and add a tablespoon of olive oil or coconut oil. lightly fry the roll so the bacon is nice and crisp but not too brown then transfer the pan to the oven and let it roast for 30-35 mins. If you dont have an oven proof pan put a small roasting dish in the oven to heat as the oven is heating up. Place the chicken in the dish once browned. 

I enjoyed this dish with a nice leafy salad or some steamed asparagus and hollandaise. 

Hope you like it :)